The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-09-24


every Sunday, by the pastor, Rev. j. NJ. Gill, at
II a. m. All invited.
james Hart, a member of the Waverly fire
company, is very ill yith typhoid fever.
Edward Raimold, of Waverly, has been ar
rested on the charge of opening letter addressed
to Amos Nelson.
CHARLES J. Beckley has been appointed
constable for the 4th district, vice Joshua L.
Whittle, declined. -.
The Reisterstown tournament, which was
postponed on account Of rain, will take place Tues
day, October 18th.
"A temperance meeting will be held in the
M E. Church at Monkton, Sunday evening, Sept.
25th, at 7.30 O'Clock.
The crack baseball nine of Towsontown
has disbanded for the season, some OF the members
having gone off to school.
The new engine for the Maryland Central
Railroad arrived from Pittsburg this week and
will soon be put on the road.
-Beui Forward, of Woodberry, was thrown
from wagon ON Wednesday and had leg broken
He was attended by DIR. D. S. Williams.
Mr. E. Cuttings Merryman's "Kiss-Me-
Quick" won the steeple chase at the State fair at
Easton. on Tuesday last. There were five starters
There are eighty -one entries in the ten trials
of speed to take place during the Beair fair, and
the races promise to be the best seen on those
grounds.
Mr.. J. Maurice Watkins, Of Towsontown,
has been appointed agent for the Domestic Sewing
Machine Company in place of Jas. N. Henderson,
deceased.
"A progressive tennis tournament will be
played on the grounds in this place to-day (Satur-
day. commencing at $3.50 p. M, and continuing
two hours.
Mr.. George H. Wesley, who lives near Loeb
Raven, has a volunteer pumpkin vine that has
thirteen pumpkins on it, some OF them as large as
a half bushel measure. .
-The stone-cutters in Mann & Co.'S. marble
ouarries at Beaver Dam, near Cockeysville, who
struck last week, have resumed work, the troubles
having been amicably adjusted.
-Dove-shooting is now a favorite sport with
puuners, large numbers of the birds hocking into
the fields where the corn has been cut and where
they feed on the seed of the fox-tail.
Mr.. William A. Wilson, who owns Dieter's
mill on the Little Gunpowder, has rented Jerusa-
lem mills and taken charge of the same. It's said
he pays a rental of 5000 for the mills.
The New Freedom Band will furnish the
music at the Beair fair, their bid having been
sl35, including board. The bid of the Beckleys-
Vile band was 500, with board extra.
Col. Gist T. Cockey, of the Sth district, has
sent his fine horse "Captain," to his nephew, DR..
Melchor G. Cockey, of Selma, Kansas, where he is
meeting with much success in the stud.
The Registration officers of the several dis
tricts of the county will sit for the final regisra-
ton for 1887, Monday and Tuesday, October Sd
and 4th. See advertisement in TIE UNION.
At a meeting of the Hartford county bar
held last week appropriate action was taken on the
death of Hon. Henry W. Archer and series OF
resolutions of respect and esteem were adopted.
The Towson Guards returned from Phlla-
delphia on Saturday morning last. They had
very pleasant, though rather tiresome trip, and
speak in high praise of the way they were treated.
The County Commissioners have overruled
the exceptions fled to the ratification of the return
in the matter of the road known as Simpsons
road, in the 18th district, and the road will be
opened.
the shooting of pheasants from September lst to
January 1st; cartridges from October LIST to De-
cember 26th, and rabbits from November LIST to
January LIST.
At the annual reunion of the Second Mary
land Veteran Volunteer Regiment, held on Satur-
day night last, Col B. F. Taylor, of the l1th dis
trict, Baltimore county, was elected president OF
the association.
The remains of the late Robert Wright, of
Bare Hill, Falls road, were buried from the vault
in Greenmount Cemetery, on Tuesday last, Mrs.
Wright having purchased q lot in the new portion
of the cemetery.
The Democratic Executive Committee of
Baltimore county has opened headquarters for the
campaign in room No. 229, Barnums Hotel, Bal
tmOre. vi.
district, in charge.
There are in Baltimore city and county q,
299 pensioners from the late war and the sum paid
to them quarterly aggregates S77, 554.75. Hartford
has 119 pensioners and the quarterly payment to
them amounts to $3,S72.
-MrJ. W. Farber, of Gainesville, was thrown
from his horse few days ago, near Ellicott City,
but escaped without serious injury. The animal
took fright and ran away, the breaking OF
stirrup-strap causing the accident.
Mr.. William F. Stf1er, of Rayville, has
been awarded the contract for building residence
for Thomas J.. Hunter, Esq, in Towsontown. He
has also the contract for building the new school
house at Rayville, 9th district.
Mr.. Alex. Mccormick, Jr., who is a member
of the present Grand Jury from the 18th district,
left at our Office this week large box of beautiful
rose buds, consisting of fifteen different varieties,
together with other choice flowers.
The steam laundry of Mr.. Harrison Scott,
on CORTLAND street, Batimore,was burned out on
Wednesday night. Loss $4,000; insurance $500.
Mr. Scott was former resident of Baltimore coun-
ty and is extensively known here.
Mr.. James Finnerty, who for about forty
years had been resident of the vicinity of Cock
eysville, died on Wednesday last, aged 80 years.
He was native of Ireland and for many years
had been employed in the Beaver Dam marble
quarres.
The fine double team of trotters-Eastern
Shore Boy and W. G.,-which attracted so much
attention at the Timonium fair, was taken to New
York this week to be sold. They are owned by
Mr.. W. G.. Groscup, of Baltimore and can trot to
the pole in 231.
Mr.. D. II. Rice of Cowpens, Maryland Cen
trail Railroad, has sold his pair of bay driving
horses, which took first premium at the late coun-
ty fair, to Mr.. E. D. Jones, publisher of the EUen-
ing Journal of New York city. The team was
shipped on Tuesday.
- H. IL al
brick-lay on Ashland furnace about 1850, died
at his residence, near Harrisburg, Pa on Monday
last in the 65th year of his age. He was a native
of Baltimore county, and had amassed large for
tune in the iron business.
We know of at least one public school in the
county that last week had only five scholars. This
is q busy season with most farmers and the larger
boys are kept at home to assist. In less than two
months from now all the schools will have their
full complement of scholars.
Rev J. F. Goucher, D. D., has contributed
$4,000 to iquidate the debt of last years current
expenses at the Centenary Biblical Institute, and
has promised in addition $4,000 towards the En-
dowment Fund, provided other friends of the in
stitution will contribute $4,000.
Again we inform our temperance friends
that we cannot publish their notices of calls for
political meetings free. We charge others for the
same kind of work and as they have political
party OF their own they should not expect iaVors
that we would not grant to others.
The large carp which Mr.. Thomas Butler,
who lives near The Rocks, Maryland Central Rail
road had in his spring for upwards of year, died
o few days ago from some unknown cause. The
fish was caught in the Susquehanna. 1t measured
25 inches in length and weighed lbs
"A corporal in the Towson Guards, when the
company was about starting for Hagerstown few
weeks ago, innocently asked whether the men
would carry their guns or whether they would ship
them by express. What that young man don't
know about "war" would fill a large-sized volume.
Col. Charles T. Jockeys "Garrison" came
second in the ESQ class at Pimico last week, and
the fastest heat was trotted in 2:26f. This horse
was sired by Holton's "Orange Blossom" and he
promises to develop extraordinary speed. Balti-
more county has reason to be proud of such flyer.
Mr. John G. Bosley, of the 9Th district, has
q very fine fve-year-od colt, sired by Marshal
Ney, that he exhibited on the track at Timonium
during the late fair. The horse is very large, jet
black in color, and promises to be very speedy.
He is good one and his owner is justly proud of
him. W
Mr.. Elias Robertson, who owns fine truck
farm on the Eastern Avenue road, 18th district,
has had remarkable success with his crops this
season. His White Rose potatoes turned out i'm
mensey and many of them were of unusual size;